Charges filed against two San Bernardino men accused of beating, robbing an elderly woman

SAN BERNARDINO - Several charges have been filed against two men accused of beating and robbing a 90-year-old woman at her Elm Avenue home.

Eduardo Adan May and Andrew Lorenzo Landeros, both 18 of San Bernardino, have been charged in the brutal attack.

May, who lives on the same street as the victim, turned himself in to authorities on the day of the robbery. Landeros is still being sought by authorities.

Charges filed against the two men are first degree residential robbery, first degree burglary with a person present, false imprisonment by violence, street terrorism, carjacking, kidnapping for carjacking and kidnapping to commit a crime.

If convicted, both men could be sentenced to life in prison

San Bernardino County sheriff's officials said the pair told the woman they were searching for a lost dog to convince her to let them in her backyard.

"Unfortunately, in this situation, they used that simply to victimize this poor woman," said sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Bachman. "I'm not sure that she could have done anything different."

The two men covered the victims head with a shirt punching her repeatedly to keep her quiet, sheriff's officials said.

They bound her arms and brought her inside her home demanding money and other property from the woman. They fled using her Toyota Corolla which was later found abandoned nearby.

The woman walked to her neighbor's home for help. She was taken to a hospital as a precaution, but not hospitalized.

"For her age, she is doing well," Bachman said.

May, who was at Central Detention Center in San Bernardino in lieu of $250,000, is scheduled to appear today in San Bernardino Superior Court..

Anyone with information on Landeros is asked to call detectives at 909-387-3545.